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On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... like, it's the positive kind. Recent reports suggest that Asia should be growing stronger than expected this year. The Philippines and Taiwan just reported better than forecasts December quarter GDP growth and Singapore posting the lowest unemployment ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... boosted by foreign - portfolio and direct - investment into the country. In Asia, latest data show the economies of the Philippines and Taiwan expanding by more than expected - 6.8% and 3.4%, respectively - in the December quarter. And in Singapore ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... In particular they expect pay rate jumps to be 13% in Vietnam, 11% in Indonesia and India, 10% in China, 8% in the Philippines and 6% in Malaysia. But unless surveys like this take even basic measures like inflation into account they just fuel misunderstandings ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... to expected maintain rapid growth in years to come, according to HSBC Global Research. While both Thailand and the Philippines have witnessed rapid growth over the past year, HSBC research attributes the vast chunk of the growth in bonds to China with ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... merry way. No, it's not China - although economic indicators have been improving there too. That Asian country is the Philippines - the land of my birth. Yes, I'm half Chinese, half Filipino and now a 100% Australian. Lucky 'ey? The way these three economies ...

New Australian CEO for HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Tony Cripps, current chief executive officer of HSBC in the Philippines, will replace Paulo Maia as the bank's chief executive officer in Australia. Cripps will take the reins from 24 December this year, with Maia departing for the role of president ...

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... currently are US Home Builders (US, 6.08% of portfolio), Japanese Drug Stores (Japan, 2.61%), Manila Water Company (Philippines, 2.38%), Daiichikosho Co (Japan, 2.25%), Indian Non Bank Finance (India, 2.22%), Valero Energy Group (US, 2.18%), Bob Evans ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... replicates them in other countries. Lazada is an online department store with operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand. Considered to be a replica of Amazon, Lazada caters for everything from consumer electronics to household ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... southeast Asia that appears to be going its own, silently but steadily improving over the past two years. Introducing the Philippines -- the former colony of Spain and the US and the refuge of many a mainland Chinese back in Mao's days. The country that ...

Macquarie wins Philippines infra mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Macquarie Group has won a mandate to manage a $582 million infrastructure fund for the Philippines government. Macquarie's Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) fund will be responsible for managing the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure ...